Published Project production Coreboot 24.02, developing a free alternative to proprietary firmware and BIOS. The project code is distributed under the GPLV2 license. The creation of the new version was attended by 111 developers who prepared 814 changes. Starting from this issue, the project moved to a new version of the names of versions using the date to the date (year. Vestorus), so in February 2024, instead of version 4.23, the issue of 24.02 was formed, and the issue was scheduled for 24.05.
The main changes:
- Added support for three motherboards. One added fee is used in the Lenovo ThinkPad X230 EDP Mod (2K/FHD) laptop, and two more are used on devices with Chrome OS or on Google servers. The support of the Google Primus4es.
- The transition from the use of the Master branch in favor of the new “Main” branch, created as the word “Master” has been considered non -altitude and causes indignation among some activists. For about 6 months, the time of the Master and Main branch was accompanied by synchronized, and now only the Main branch is left, which may require alterations of the scripts referring to the Master branch.
- The image of images in JPEG format is replaced by implementation in the language wuffs (Wrangling Untrusted File Formats Safly), safely working with memory, generating code for C/C ++ and optimized for creating parsers, coders and coders Decoders of file formats. The use of a protected decoder JPEG allows us to exclude the exposure of the project of attacks such as logofail.
- Improved compatibility with ACPI specifications:
- Added support for the structure to (Input output remapping table), used
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